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Travelling showmen in suffolk. Osborne/Rush
« on: Wednesday 30 July 14 22:07 BST (UK) »
My ancestors where travelling showmen: Osborne & Rush. They seem to travel around the fairgrounds in Suffolk ( & Cambridgeshire). Does anybody have any information about showmen families in the late 1800's and the early 1900's?

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Re: Travelling showmen in suffolk. Osborne/Rush
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 31 July 14 14:17 BST (UK) »

have you had a look at the National Fatrground Archive site: http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/intro/family.html to see if that gives you some avenues to follow in looking for these people.

If you haven't already done so you might like to read "Hancocks of the West" by Kevin Scrivens & Stephen Smith (ISBN Number: 0953509788
 published 2006) to give you a feel for what life was like for travelling fair people.

Hope this is helpful
Gypsy DRAPERs, children of Billy and Mary - Ellen,Darnity,Spencer,Billy Jnr,Kisby,Ellick
Descendants of Fred and Esther (Garrett) WHITLOCK - Wavendon, Woburn Sands area
Descendants of George and Barbara (Willis) SUTTON - Earls Barton and Nether Heyford
BISSELL - Hanslope, New Bradwell, Bucks and Aston, Birmingham area
Lavinia DRAPER died 1840 Cranfield
Gypsies in the Bow Brickhill and Beds/Bucks border areas

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Re: Travelling showmen in suffolk. Osborne/Rush
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 02 August 14 23:40 BST (UK) »
I have ordered the book. Sounds interesting. Thank you
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